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[Seth Arnold <1343489@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>From /etc/login.defs:

#
# Which fields may be changed by regular users using chfn - use
# any combination of letters "frwh" (full name, room number, work
# phone, home phone).  If not defined, no changes are allowed.
# For backward compatibility, "yes" = "rwh" and "no" = "frwh".
#
CHFN_RESTRICT           rwh

Asking your system administer to change this to 'frwh' should suffice.

Thanks

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Title:
  chfn doesn't allow me to change my name

Status in “shadow” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  I have shell access to some systems where I am not root. I am trans
  woman and I legally changed my name in March and noticed that some
  systems are still showing my old name.

  I then tried to fix it by running `chfn` which helpfully automatically
  filled my old name and went to next field, "room number". I couldn't
  find reason for this from quick google search nor the manual page. Why
  Ubuntu doesn't respect the right of self-definition, isn't this
  against the Coc?

  UPDATE: I tried this on both systems, remote and local with same
  result.

  UPDATE2: FreeBSD allows changing all details with chsh including name.
  I also tested with OS X which allows it too.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: passwd 1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.47-generic 3.13.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.2
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: LXDE
  Date: Thu Jul 17 21:33:53 2014
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-05-04 (74 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Lubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140416.2)
  SourcePackage: shadow
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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